Improvement in corn-planters



G. TAYLOR.

Corn Planter No. 20,024. Patented Apr. 20, 1858.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE TAYLOR, or RICHMOND, ASSIGNOR. TO HIMSELF AND JOHN W.

FREE, or LAPORTE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENTIN coRN- L'A'N-rERs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent 1N0. 20,0 24, dated April 20, 1858.

.To all u-hom't't' mag "concern:

Be it known that I, GEoRcrit TAYLOR, of the city of Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planting Machines; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of'the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a contrivance by means of which theniachine may be corrected or made to plant opposite to work already done without the necessity, as heretofore, of stopping the machine and slipping the wheel backward or forward; also,-in a.

peculiar marking arrangemena'by means of which the markers being suddenly thrust into the earth are. as suddenly drawn out again, so as to leave a perfect impression, as it a stick had been thrust into the earth by the hand and drawn directly back, leaving the impression perfect and not dragged to one side.

Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is avertical section of slide G, shaft L, wheel K, sleeve or hub It, and the follower l.

A B U 1) l1 constitute the frame-work of the machine, which is borne upon wheels I J. Wheels I J revolve upon spindles attached to the bars 1) B, respectively. I

J is a peculiarly-shaped cam upon the hub of wheel J. A

l is a'piece of timber placed transversely upon the machine and secured to the lower sides or edges ofD E. it receives upon it seedboxes M M. The slide G also rests upon its upper surface.

G is a sliding bar, working through seedboxes M M. It has two holes, 9 g, for the ac livery of seed and the inclined plane 9. Upon one end there are two hooks that clasp the collar upon the inner end of shaft- L.

]l is the pole or tongue.

K is a toothed wheel with a long hub, 70,.

reaching from bar E to bracket 6.

k is the hub of wheel K. It forms a sort of sleeve, through which shaft L may slide endwisc.

L is a round shaft, sliding endwise through hu k. but having a feather working in a slot I in hub 7:,by means of which it is held in any, position or moved backward -or forward,a's desired.

0n the inner end of shalt L is a collar, which is clasped by the hooked ends of bar G.

Upon the outer ends of shalt L is the T- shaped follower l with inclined planes j j, which are so siiuated as to adapt themselves to the surfaces or inclines'of cam j, against which they act.

grain isdischarged from the bottoms of boxes M M are seed-boxes, sufficiently represented in the drawings.

P is a shaft secured in proper boxings in the .frame-workofthemachine. lthasspring=arms pp, whose ends bend do n or become pendent, and are weighted so as to secure more certain action. Their use isto mark opposite the place of planting or keep a kind of register, whereby the operator may know to an absolute cerrectly. The weights should beplaced low down, so as to leave theirimpression upon the ground.

Q isanOther arm to shaft P, and which 01)? erates shaft P and weighted'armspp by contact with inclined plane g upon slide G.

' q is a spring securing greater certainty of actionin the marking arrangement.

Arms pp'slfould be so placed .as to .mark just half-way between the rows, and should be directly opposite the discharge of the seed or one space before or behind. The parts of this marking device are so related to each other that when the armspp are let fall the weights only come to theground by means ofthe springing of said armspp. .The elasticity of these arms cause them instantly to rebound, leaving deposit the seed ahead of the planting in the previous rows 21. turn of the hand-wheel R toward him will correct it and make it plant properly. Should it plant behind its former work, a turn of the wheel l-t from'him will cor- In slide G are-escapesgg, through which the tainty if the machine performs its work corno time to drag in the earth while they ascend.

rect it. This device should not be confounded with cbntrit'ances for'regulating the length of [of stopping the machine and turning one of distance between the bulls.

'S is a spring, which presses slide G in the direction of wheel J, thereby causing inclined planes jj' to bear upon and follow the surfaces Iot' cam j.

Operation: After the machine is driven to the field the corn is placed in the seed-boxes, and,things beingin readiness,itis driven across I the field, plan ting the corn in two rows at prop-- er distances apart each way. When the opposite side or thefield is reached the distribution is arrested, the machine turned round to a proper position to start upon another set of rows, and driven till the pendent point of one of the armspp is exactly over a register-mark made while planting the previous rows. The machine is made to deposit seed at this point by, removing catch S from wheel K, and turning hand-wheel R forward, and is thus properly adj listed for registering with the work alread y performed. upon wheel K, and the machine driven on as before, observing, however, that the arm p,

which is traversing the tally-marks of the last planting, must pass exactly into these tallymarks. Should. it gain on them, it is corrected by turning hand-wheel R forward. Should it lose, wheel R must be turned backward. Thus it will be seen that when the machine is plantiiigtont of line, crosswise, or transversely of he direction of planting it may becorrected or made to plant in checkwithou't the trouble Spring 8 is now replaced the burthen-wheels.

The machine is adjustable while in operation. Now, I do not claim any particular method for the distribution of the grain; but I do hereby disclaim the method herein shown, and all other methods of distribution, for I hold that what is strictly my invention is applicable to many or most methods or devices for distribution now in use. Neither do Iciaim the devices herein shown for operating the distributing apparatus by means of inclined planesjj, held in contact with camj by means of a spring, 8, as this contrivance is already before the public. Nor yet do l-broadlyclaim the use of either springs or weights for operating the marking contrivance; but

I do claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- l. The combination of partsjj' l, shalt L, and wheel Kwith slide G, for purpose of correcting the machine and making it plant in line with work already done.

2. The weighted spring-arm p p, operated as shown, in combination with the devices herein shown for correcting the machine, when said spring-arms are so situated as to mark midway between the rows of planting.

GEORGE TAYLOR.

Attest:

JOHN FINLEY, WM. WRIGHT. 

